Helen Watt was born in Wales and immigrated to Vancouver Island as a small child, where she lives to this day. As a youngster she spent countless hours on the island’s beaches discovering tiny sea creatures. At the age of four her father gave her a tiny rowboat which launched her lifelong love for the sea and adventure.

During high school Helen developed a strong interest in photography and became involved in photographing school events. She went on to learn how to process film and develop photographs by working in the school’s dark room producing class photos and year book photographs.

Since retirement from nursing and business, each year Helen and her husband travel the west coast on their tug the ‘Salty Dawg’. Helen skippers their tug from Victoria to the Gulf of Alaska encountering new adventures along the way. When not at sea, they travel to other parts of the world such as; Africa, Europe and the South Pacific.